Perhaps one of the most common myths about trees, Rachael West said, is that they go dormant during the winter months, falling into hibernation until spring rolls around. But West, founder of Eating ...

Maple syrup is famously made in spring, when below-freezing nights followed by warm days cause the sap stored in a sugar maple’s trunk to flow up and out of the tree and into buckets or plastic tubing ...

CHASKA, Minn. – Spring is maple tree tapping season. And on Sunday, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum celebrated MapleFest, where visitors got see firsthand how syrup is made from the 380 trees on ...

Sunday felt like a true changing of the seasons with temperatures ranging in the 50s. The sun and heat brought a big spring melt for most of the metro, which was perfect conditions for one of ...

There still may be a few chunks of ice on the lake, but this year's maple yield has already been simmered into syrup. Finally, our first taste of spring. Because sap is collected over several weeks ...

The calendar indicates that it’s spring, and despite occasional freezing temperatures and lingering patches of snow, the return of extended daylight confirms this change of season. Last year, a chance ...

In Spring we celebrate changes in nature, and when sap starts rising in maple trees _ it’s a first indication that Spring is right around the corner. Area families gathered at River Trail Nature ...

Bruce Hopper, owner of Pure BS Maple Shack in Auburn with his wife, Maria, is a jolly gentleman who brings jugs of maple syrup to his neighbors in exchange for allowing him to tap their glorious sugar ...

Some folks in Indiana, including here, recently saw formations of sandhill cranes flying high in the sky. There have been a few sightings of red-winged blackbirds around the state, too. Mark Blassage, ...

Feb. 29—With spring on its way, it's time to tap into sweet celebrations of local maple syrup. Five Ohio state parks are hosting maple syrup festivals, including Hueston Woods State Park and Indian ...

Twenty miles southwest of Cornell’s Ithaca campus grows a forest of sweet trees. The tubing at their trunks carry sugary sap awaiting to be transformed into a crowd-pleasing breakfast staple: maple ...

You can have your Daylight Saving Time or your dwindling snow banks or your red-winged blackbirds or your sprouting daffodils. Vermonters know the real first sign of approaching spring is when they ...